杏吧原创

Research Interests:

• Medieval and modern History of Africa
• Trade, Religion and Ethnicity in Africa History
• Issues in African Historiography- Linguistics and Oral traditions

Professional Experience:

• Dean of College of Education, Lafole and Professor of African History at the Somali National University
• Teaching African history courses at the University of Ottawa (2000-2006) and 杏吧原创 University

Courses taught:

• History of Africa (HIST 2705A)
• History of Sub-Saharan Africa,1885 (HIST 2376)at UO
• Ancient and Pre-colonial Africa (HIST2706A)
• The Scramble for Africa (3702A)
• Africa in the Era of Slave Trade (HIST 3906)

Recent Scholarly Communications:

鈥淟inguistic Approaches To the Past.鈥� In 鈥淧utting the Cart Before the Horse. Ed. Abdi Kusow (Contested Nationalism and the Crises of the Nation State in Somalia), 15-32. The Red Sea Press,2004.

鈥淭he Role of Linguistics and Oral Traditions in reconstructing the early history of the Somali speaking societies.鈥� Presented at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of African Studies(CAAS),杏吧原创 University,5-7 May 2010.

Awards:

Fulbright Certificate for academic achievement as a Fulbright Scholar